Derby County were booed off after a woeful first-half performance left them trailing 3-0 to Brentford at the interval.

Ollie Watkins scored twice after Bryan Mbeumo had opened the scoring in a largely one-sided opening period at Griffin Park.

Rams boss Phillip Cocu made 10 changes for the Carabao Cup second round defeat at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night, and he has reverted back to the side that started last weekend's 1-1 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion.

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Malone had been struggling with a knock, while former Brentford winger Florian Jozefzoon also missed out due to injury.

Jayden Bogle (ankle) and Ikechi Anya (calf) were still sidelined, with Andre Wisdom and Craig Forsyth (both knee) not yet ready for a return to action.

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank made three changes to the side that lost 1-0 at Charlton Athletic last Saturday.

Said Benrahma was handed his first start of the season, with Julian Jeanvier and Mbeumo also promoted from the bench.

They replaced Luka Racic, Ethan Pinnock and Emiliano Marcondes in the starting line-up.

It was a pretty even start, with a bit of quality lacking from both sides initially.

Brentford created the first opening of the match in the eighth minute - Sergi Canos seeing his first-time strike from the edge of the box beaten away by the diving Roos.

Christian Norgaard fired way over from 20 yards after being teed up by Watkins, while Lawrence dragged a shot wide from a similar distance at the other end after patient build-up play involving Lowe and Knight.

Derby County players react after Brentford score (Image: Andy Clarke)

The Bees opened the scoring in the 17th minute.

Lawrence tried to break out of defence but ran into trouble and the ball came back towards the Derby goal.

Watkins span past Bielik and played in Benrahma. His shot was cleared off the line by Keogh but Mbeumo's deflected follow-up found the net.

The celebrations had barely died down when Brentford doubled their lead.

Canos freed Mbeumo into space down the right and his low centre was swept home by the unmarked Watkins in the middle, from about 10 yards out.

The hosts had been struggling for goals - but doubled their league tally for the season in the space of a couple of minutes.

Derby looked to respond, and Lawrence's cross from the left reached Waghorn at the far post but, on the stretch, he could only direct the ball back across goal and it was cleared.

It was Brentford who looked most likely to get the next goal, as they went for the kill.

Max Lowe in action for Derby County against Brentford (Image: Andy Clarke)

A well-struck angled drive from Canos was pushed away by Roos, while Rico Henry blasted over after being found unmarked in the area by Canos.

The Bees almost had a penalty appeal turned down when Keogh blocked Mbeumo's goalbound shot. It looked like it may have been a handball but a corner was given.

Mathias Jensen had a fierce volley blocked - and the home side added a third goal in the 45th minute.

It was another desperately poor goal for the Rams to concede. They failed to clear their lines at a corner and the ball broke to Watkins.

His first attempt was blocked on the line by his own team-mates, Henrik Dalsgaard, but the striker drilled home the follow-up effort.

A frustrated Waghorn was then booked for a clumsy barge on Henry, summing up Derby's opening period.

The half-time whistle was greeted by wild cheers from the home fans - and loud boos from the Derby supporters, with Cocu getting some stick as he walked past on his way to the tunnel.